Jennie O. Starkey

Jennie O. Starkey
"A Woman of the Century"
Bornca. 1856
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedOctober 21, 1918
Detroit
Occupations
  • journalist
  • newspaper editor
EmployerDetroit Free Press
Organizations
Board member ofMichigan Authors' Association

Jennie O. Starkey (ca. 1856 – October 21, 1918) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, the first woman in Detroit to adopt journalism as a profession. As a staff member of the Detroit Free Press, she managed "The Puzzler" department before serving as editor of "The Household", "Fair Woman's World", "The Letter-Box", and "The Sunday Breakfast-Table" departments. She was a member of the board of directors of the Michigan Authors' Association, a charter member of the Michigan Woman's Press Association, and president of the Michigan Woman's Press Club.[1]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "STARKEY, Miss Jennie O.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 678. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.